Technology+Integration

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=== Making use of the students' interest and ability in the new devices and applications in everyday lessons. You should clear this with Ms. Blankenship before using technology in the classroom, but once that's the digital sky's the limit. ===

> Tweet a Headline for a historic event. // The Tweets of War: What's Past Is Postable // > Translate a passage from a work of classical literature into a text. // LOL: Texting and Literacy in Today's "Generation Text" // > Students create Tweet(s) for each character in a classical literature work that describes their personality, role in the story, philosophies on life, or other aspects of that character. // Students' book transforms classics into 'tweets' // > 420 Character Stories (the character limit for Facebook status updates) // Lou Beach's 420-Character Stories // > Students create a short personal autobiography in multiple formats- standard prose, Texting, a haiku, a Tweet, as song lyric, a Web page, a time line, a coat of arms, or a wiki. // Coats of Arms, Shields, Heraldry // and // The All About Me Poster // > Try Texting in a foreign language class. // Txt spk quizzes // > Create a "low tech" physical psuedo-facebook with real walls. // Five Ways to Bring High-Tech Ideas into Low-Tech Classrooms // > Start class with a Tweet summary of each day's lesson. // How to create a twitter event backchannel for your conference or event // > Add hybrid learning with online discussions using Moodle, Edmodo or OpenClass. // Blended Learning in K-12 // > Students collaborate, in real time, on an assignment using Google Apps for Education's "Share" feature. // GAEE Classroom Lesson Plans //
 * === Polleverywhere.com - Teacher-createdquestions, either multiple choice or open ended that students respond to via texting. The class statistics will be shown as responses come in ===
 * === Twitter for the classroom - after reading a chapter, student must choose one of the characters and post to twitter as that character discussing succinctly what's happened; use as a bulletin board for posting main points of chapter; ===
 * ** Webquests - webquests are a fantastic way to introduce students to a topic or have them research information on the interent and create links between what they are learning and what th[[image:http://mountietoolbox.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="23" height="21"]]ey discover. [|Questgarden] is a fantastic resource. You can search their database of webquests and use any for free, and create your own. It is free to use, but if you pay the membership fee of $20 for two years you have more design options and the ability to create your own URL. **
 * == **10 Ways To Use Texting, Tweeting & Social Networking To Spice Up Instruction** == ||
 * == **10 Ways To Use Texting, Tweeting & Social Networking To Spice Up Instruction** == ||